2008–09 Denver Nuggets season

The 2008–09 Denver Nuggets season was the 42nd season of the franchise, 33rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They finished the regular season with 54 wins and 28 losses, the franchise's best record since 1987–88. In the playoffs, the Nuggets defeated New Orleans Hornets in five games in the first round; this series included a notable 58-point bludgeoning of the Hornets in Game 4. The Nuggets then defeated the Dallas Mavericks in five games in the Western Conference Semifinals to reach the Conference Finals for the first time since 1985, ending their streak of five straight first-round exits. However, the Nuggets lost to the eventual NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, ending their playoff run. This was the second straight year the Nuggets had their season ended by the Lakers.

2008–09 Denver Nuggets season
Division champions
Head coachGeorge Karl
General managerMark Warkentien
Owner(s)Stan Kroenke
ArenaPepsi Center
Results
Record54–28 (.659)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Northwest)
Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishConference Finals
(Lost to Lakers 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionAltitude Sports and Entertainment
RadioKCKK

As of May 2019, the Nuggets' six-game loss to the Lakers in the 2009 Western Conference Finals was the closest the team has ever come to reaching the NBA Finals.[1]

Key dates

During the first week of the season, superstar guard Allen Iverson was traded in a blockbuster deal to the Detroit Pistons for Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb. McDyess was released soon after the trade.

Draft picks
Main article: 2008 NBA draft

The Denver Nuggets had no draft picks in the 2008 NBA draft, but did acquire the draft rights of Sonny Weems from the Chicago Bulls. Weems was the 39th pick of the draft.

Roster
Roster listing
2008–09 Denver Nuggets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 11 Andersen, Chris 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1978-07-07 Blinn College TX (JC)
SF 15 Anthony, Carmelo (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1984-05-29 Syracuse
F 32 Balkman, Renaldo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1984-07-14 South Carolina
G 7 Billups, Chauncey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1976-09-25 Colorado
PG 25 Carter, Anthony 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1975-06-16 Hawaiʻi
PG 6 Hart, Jason 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1978-04-29 Syracuse
F/C 45 Hunter, Steven  7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1981-10-31 DePaul
G/F 30 Jones, Dahntay 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-12-27 Duke
F 43 Kleiza, Linas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1985-01-03 Missouri
PF 4 Martin, Kenyon 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1977-12-30 Cincinnati
F/C 31 Nenê 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1982-09-13 Brazil
C 27 Petro, Johan 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 247 lb (112 kg) 1986-01-27 France
G/F 1 Smith, J. R. 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1985-09-09 St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
G/F 13 Weems, Sonny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1986-07-08 Arkansas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: March 3, 2009

Regular season

Standings
Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
y–Denver Nuggets5428.659—33–821–2012–482
x–Portland Trail Blazers5428.659—34–720–2111–582
x–Utah Jazz4834.585633–815–2610–682
Minnesota Timberwolves2458.2933011–3013–283–1382
Oklahoma City Thunder2359.2803115–268–334–1282
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers6517.793—
2 y-Denver Nuggets5428.65911
3 y-San Antonio Spurs5428.65911
4 x-Portland Trail Blazers5428.65911
5 x-Houston Rockets5329.64612
6 x-Dallas Mavericks5032.61015
7 x-New Orleans Hornets4933.59816
8 x-Utah Jazz4834.58517
9 Phoenix Suns4636.56119
10 Golden State Warriors2953.35436
11 Minnesota Timberwolves2458.29341
12 Memphis Grizzlies2458.29341
13 Oklahoma City Thunder2359.28042
14 Los Angeles Clippers1963.23246
15 Sacramento Kings1765.20748

Game log
2008–09 game log
October: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
November: 11–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 5–3)
December: 9–6 (Home: 5–2; Road: 4–4)
January: 10–4 (Home: 8–2; Road: 2–2)
February: 8–4 (Home: 3–1; Road: 5–3)
March: 10–6 (Home: 7–1; Road: 3–5)
April: 5–2 (Home: 4–0; Road: 1–2)
2015–16 season schedule

Playoffs

Game log
2009 playoff game log
First Round: 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
Conference Semifinals : 4–1 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–1)
Conference Finals : 2–4 (Home: 1–2; Road: 1–2)
2016 playoff schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game Source: [2]

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chris Andersen 71120.6.548.200.7186.20.4.582.466.4
Carmelo Anthony 666634.5.443.371.7936.803.41.14.3622.8
Renaldo Balkman 531014.7.558.286.6463.80.6.89.435.0
Chauncey Billups 777735.3.420.410.9133.006.41.17.2217.9
Anthony Carter 78522.9.433.239.7312.604.71.23.175.3
Dahntay Jones 797118.1.458.647.7282.101.0.62.245.4
Jason Hart 1103.3.500.000.750.40.5.00.001.2
Linas Kleiza 82722.2.447.326.7254.00.8.38.179.9
Kenyon Martin 666632.0.491.368.6046.002.01.451.1211.7
Nenê 777632.0.604.200.7237.801.41.231.3114.6
Johan Petro 27108.0.429.000.4292.30.4.11.372.2
J.R. Smith 811827.7.446.397.7543.702.8.96.1715.2
Sonny Weems 1204.6.320.000.375.30.3.08.001.6

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Chris Andersen 15021.9.630.000.6596.30.6.332.136.5
Carmelo Anthony 161638.3.453.364.8265.804.11.75.6327.2
Renaldo Balkman 802.5.333.000.000.50.1.50.00.5
Chauncey Billups 161638.7.457.468.9063.806.81.25.2520.6
Anthony Carter 16014.3.408.167.5002.002.1.94.062.8
Dahntay Jones 161617.5.481.250.7672.40.6.81.317.0
Jason Hart 902.1.500.000.000.30.6.22.11.2
Linas Kleiza 14015.0.470.425.7503.20.5.36.076.9
Kenyon Martin 161633.6.497.200.6575.902.11.13.8810.9
Nenê 161632.8.548.000.6577.502.61.25.6311.5
Johan Petro 1002.6.222.000.625.60.1.00.10.9
J.R. Smith 16027.2.454.358.5433.302.81.06.2514.9

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades
June 26, 2008
 To Chicago Bulls
Ömer Aşık[3]		 To Portland Trail Blazers
Nuggets’ 2009 second round pick
New York's 2009 second round pick (via Chicago)
Chicago's 2010 second round pick		 To Denver Nuggets
Sonny Weems
July 15, 2008
 To Los Angeles Clippers
Marcus Camby[4]		 To Denver Nuggets
The rights to swap second-round picks in the 2010 NBA draft
July 22, 2008
 To New York Knicks
Taurean Green
Bobby Jones
2010 second round draft pick [5]		 To Denver Nuggets
Renaldo Balkman
November 3, 2008
 To Detroit Pistons
Allen Iverson[6]		 To Denver Nuggets
Chauncey Billups
Antonio McDyess
Cheikh Samb
January 5, 2009
 To Los Angeles Clippers
Cheikh Samb[7]		 To Denver Nuggets
Future Conditional Second-Round Draft Pick
January 7, 2009
 To Oklahoma City Thunder
Chucky Atkins
Conditional 2009 First-Round Draft Pick [8]		 To Denver Nuggets
Johan Petro
Second-Round Draft Pick

Free agents

References
  1. https://www.isportsweb.com/2018/08/20/what-will-isaiah-thomas-bring-to-the-denver-nuggets-in-2019/
  2. "Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2009-02-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/camby_trade_071508.html
  5. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nugs_acquire_balkman_072808.html
  6. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nugs_acquire_billups_110308.html
  7. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/samb_trade_010509.html
  8. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nugs_acquire_petro_010709.html
  9. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/andersen_signing_072408.html
  10. http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/djones_signing_073008.html
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